"For every commercial sex act, the enterprise also charged a $20 fee, which included a $5
admission ticket and $15 to gain access to a prostitution room and condoms. In an 18-month
period, the enterprise acquired $1,265,820 from the $20 fee alone."

"At the end of each day, the
money that was paid to the girls for commercial sex was taken from them. The matriarch
determined the rates for individual sex acts based on the age and attractiveness of the female."

"Although rates varied by girl, customers were charged $500 for an hour and
$250 for a half hour with the youngest and prettiest victim. Another victim’s rate was reported as
$70 for 15 minutes of illegal sexual services."

"Sex trafficking organizations use a variety of methods and means to target and recruit
victims and to advertise the victims’ illegal sexual 'services' to customers. Many sex
traffickers rotate victims through various cities and locations and operate out of hotels or with little infrastructure."

"The sexual exploitation of children includes sexual assault and enticement of children, as
well as the manufacturing, distribution, and possession of child pornography. Often, human
trafficking presents elements of some or all of these crimes."

"Sex trafficking operations have the potential to be highly profitable, and
some gangs and other criminals reportedly consider sex trafficking and compelling
prostitution to be a lower risk and more lucrative than other criminal activity such as drug
trafficking, robbery or theft."

"Sex trafficking operations have the potential to be highly profitable, and some gangs and other criminals reportedly consider sex trafficking and compelling prostitution to be a lower risk and ... more

"Child victims are a particular concern. The average age at which
girls first become victims of prostitution is 12 to 14, according to one study. Traffickers are
increasingly active on social media, which they use to target victims and advertise to customers."

"In some cases, the victims of sex trafficking initially voluntarily and willingly travel with
and engage in prostitution for a trafficker, but are eventually forced to continue working against
their will, held captive, and have their access to food, friends, and family restricted by the
trafficker."

"Often, victims are undocumented aliens or juvenile runaways who are vulnerable and
manipulated or groomed by traffickers to remain with them due to their emotional or financial
dependency on the trafficker for food, housing, and other needs."

"In March 2014, four suspects were charged for sex trafficking of minors in
Houston. The criminal complaint alleges that the female minors were forced to prostitute
and were also severely beaten by a male suspect in some occasions."